Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Uzbekistan	Zimbabwe
Leader
President: Islam Karimov	President: Robert Mugabe
Population
28,394,180	12,619,600
Life Expectancy
72.770 years	51.820 years
Capital City
Tashkent (Toshkent)	Harare
Largest city
Tashkent (population: 1,978,030)	Harare (population: 1,542,810)
Human Development Index
0.701	NA
GDP per capita
$3,300 US	$500 US
Literacy Rate
99.3%	90.7%
Corruption Perception Index
1.8	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
16.4%	18.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
1.000%	95.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)	18 April 1980 (from UK)
Religions
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%	syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Languages
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%	English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Exports
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles	platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
External Debt
$8,570,000,000 $	$6,440,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 1,317 (2008 est.), 1,263.8 (2007), 1,219.8 (2006), 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004)	Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) per US dollar - NA (2008 est.), 30,000 (2007), 162.07 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004) note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.500%	3.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
6	4
Location
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan	Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Area
447,400 km sq	390,757 km sq
Coastline
0 km	0 km
Climate
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east	tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

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Uzbekistan vs Zimbabwe